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JUF's Shalom Baby program welcomes the newest members of our community by providing a complimentary gift package to Jewish newborns up to one year old in Chicagoland. Learn more » | | | |
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| | Happy Birthday to the Trees |  | | Tu B'Shevat, also known as the New Year of the Trees, falls on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat. Tu B'Shevat, which began as a minor holiday marked by a festive meal, has grown into the modern Jewish Earth Day, linking traditional celebration with our growing sense of environmental responsibility. Together, families can celebrate Tu B'Shevat by enjoying any number of activities. - Read a Tu B'shevat/tree book
- Enjoy some Tu B'shevat food
- Learn a new Tu B'shevat song
- Make a Tu B'shevat craft project
Register for PJ Library Goes Green on February 5 (read below for more details) However you decide to celebrate the holiday, let's all wish the trees a very "Happy Birthday!" | | | | JUF's Joyfully Jewish Programs | 
PJ Library Goes Green!
Join JUF Joyfully Jewish, PJ Library, Solomon Schechter Day School and Keshet for a Tot Concert featuring Rick Recht: Jewish rock artist and environmental activist. Participate in these environmentally-friendly activities: Composting with the Urban Worm Girl; Collages with repurposed materials; Planting microgreens; Building with cereal boxes; Cozy reading corner; Create your own windmill. Perfect for kids ages 2-5 and their favorite adults! Children with special needs welcome and encouraged to attend. - Date/Time: Sunday, February 5, 9:30 - 11:30 am
- Location: Solomon Schechter Day School, 3210 Dundee Road, Northbrook
- Cost: $18/family in advance; $25/family at the door (space permitting)
- RSVP info: Register online or by calling 312-357-4831
PJ Library Goes Green is a Lila Tov Initiative, sponsored by the family and friends of Lila Weinzweig, a lifelong Jewish educator beloved by generations of children. She believed passionately in the power of Jewish engagement to enliven and inspire. 
PJ Library Pajama Party in the South Suburbs!
Come dressed in your PJs and join us for fun, family-friendly activities and arts and crafts featuring some of your favorite PJ Library books. Bedtime snacks included. Best for children under age 5. Fun for the whole family! - Date/Time: Sunday, February 12, 3:30 - 4:30 pm
- Location: Marie Irwin Community Center, 18120 South Highland Avenue, Homewood
- Cost: $10/family. Please bring non-perishable item to donate to Respond Now, a local agency.
- RSVP info: Register online or by calling 312-357-4851
Passover Tot Hop!
Enjoy a morning of family fun at JUF's Joyfully Jewish Passover Tot Hop! Make Passover-themed crafts, eat delicious kosher Passover treats and rock out to the music of PJ Library artists: The Macaroons! Best for children ages 2-6, grandparents welcome. - Date/Time: Sunday, March 18, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Location: Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe
- Cost: $25/family in advance; $35 at the door, space permitting.
- RSVP info: Register online or by calling 312-357-4851
| | | | Volunteer with JUF's YWC and TOV |  | | In conjunction with JUF's Tikkun Olam Network (TOV), the Young Women's City (YWC) Council will coordinate special volunteer opportunities for groups of women throughout the year. Project: Deliver Passover food packages - Date/Time: Sunday, April 1, 2012 from 9:30 - 11:30 am
- Location: An apartment building in the Gold Coast
- Age: Family friendly
- RSVP info: Contact YWCcouncil@juf.org to RSVP
Project: JUF Uptown Cafe - Date/Time: Sunday, May 13 from 10:30-12:30pm
- Location: Dina and Eli Field EZRA Multi-Service Center (909 West Wilson Avenue, between Hazel and Sheridan)
- Age: Children 12 and up are welcome
- RSVP info: Contact YWCcouncil@juf.org to RSVP
| | | | Summer in January at Ramah Day Camp |  | | Enjoy a fun-filled afternoon with Ramah Day Camp. Art projects, games, sports activities, singing, inflatables and more plus entertainment by The Flying Fool Ken Schultz! Learn about the magic of Ramah Day Camp and meet Director Lori Stark and some of the staff. - Date/Time: January 29, 2012, 2:00 - 3:30 pm
- Location: Beth Hillel Congregation Bnai Emunah, 3220 Big Tree Lane, Wilmette
- RSVP info:info@ramahday.com
| | | | What's Happening at JCC Chicago |  | | For more details about any of the following events, click here. Mileep and the Attack of the Jellybean People: A Sci-Fi Musical Adventure - Thursday, January 26, 7:00 pm; Sunday, January 29, 12:00 pm and 3:30 pm Celebrate Tu B'Shevat - The Birthday of the Trees - Thursday, February 9, 5:00 - 8:00 pm 2nd Fridays at the JCC - Friday, February 10, 5:45 - 7:30 pm (Bernard Weinger JCC and Jacob Duman JCC locations) Got Shabbat? - February 4, 3:30 - 5:00 pm at Congregation Solel Got Shabbat? - February 11, 3:00 - 4:30 pm at Hyde Park JCC Memorial Day Family Vacation - May 25 - 28, 2012 at JCC Perlstein Resort and Conference Center, Wisconsin Dells, WI L'dor Va-Dor Grandparents/Grandchildren Weekend - June 22 - 24, 2012 at JCC Perlstein Resort and Conference Center, Wisconsin Dells, WI | | | | What's Happening at Area Day Schools | Akiba-Schechter'sAll-School Musical: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Please join us as our student cast and crew sing and perform in our Annual All-School Musical. This year we are excited to be presenting one of the most loved musicals, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. All are welcome! - Date/Time: Friday, February 24 at 10 am; Sunday, February 26 at 1:30 pm and 5:00 pm.
- Location: Akiba-Schechter Jewish Day School, 5235 South Cornell Avenue, Chicago
- RSVP info: Contact Yelena Spector
Chicago Jewish Day School
School Tours - Come see all the excitement at CJDS! - Date/Time: Tuesday and Wednesday mornings by appointment
- Location: 5959 North Sheridan Road in Chicago
- RSVP info: Call Cortney Stark Cope at 773-271-2700 or click here
| | | | What's Happening at Area Synagogues and Preschools | For more information about any of the following events, click here. Beth Emet, Evanston - Music and Movement Class - begins January 30
- Pot-Luck Shabbat Dinner - Friday, February 3, 5:30 pm
- Register now for Beth Emet Early Childhood Program - ongoing
Beth Hillel Congregation Bnai Emunah, Wilmette - BJE preschool at Beth Hillel Alumni Reunion - Sunday, February 26, 3:30 - 5:00 pm
Congregation Beth Judea, Long Grove - Family Shabbat Pray and Play - Friday, February 3, 5:45 pm
- Gan Shalom - Sunday, February 12, 10:30 am - noon
- Challah Chaverim - February 16, 2:00 pm or February 23, 6:00 pm
Emanuel Congregation, Chicago - Play Group - January 29, March 25, April 22, May 20, 10:15 am - noon
- Tot Shabbat - February 4, March 31, April 28, 9:30 am
- Share Shabbat Dinner - Friday, February 10, 6:30 pm
JRC, Evanston - Monthly Family Shabbat Service - February 11, 9:00 - 10:00 am
KAM Isaiah Israel, Chicago - The Dot and Susan Show - Sunday, March 11, 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Lubavitch Chabad of Skokie, Skokie - JLI Course: Money Matters - January 26 - March 4, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
- Friday Night Dinner - January 27, 8:00 pm
- Women's Book Club - February 1, 8:00 pm
North Shore Congregation Israel, Glencoe - Tot Tu B'Shevat - Tuesday, February 7, 4:30 pm
- "Punch and Judaism" Marilyn Price Puppet Show and Workshop - Sunday, February 12, 3:30 - 5:30 pm
- Enroll now for Gates of Learning Preschool's Camp By Myself
North Suburban Synagogue Beth El, Highland Park - Tu B'Shevat Rocks! with Shirlala - Sunday, January 29, 4:00 - 6:00 pm
- Terrific Tuesdays: Answering the Big Questions for Jewish Parents - February 28, March 13, March 20
Temple Beth-El, Northbrook - Shabbat Yeladim - Friday, February 3, 5:30 - 7:00 pm
- Shabbat Under the Stairs - Friday, February 17, 5:45 - 8:00 pm
| | | | Interfaith Family/Chicago |  InterfaithFamily/Chicago is a new initiative, launched in July 2011, to provide comprehensive resources and services to people in interfaith relationships in Chicagoland. They are offering new online/in-person workshops and classes for interfaith couples and families this spring! Raising a Child with Judaism in Your Interfaith Family is a new, one-of-a-kind, eight-session class for interfaith parents thinking about whether and how to bring Judaism to their home, their lives and their parenting. Between February 27 and April 27, participants will learn one session a week online, and there will be two in-person meetings for the whole family - a Friday night Shabbat dinner and experience on March 23, and a wrap-up session on April 22, at a location to be determined. We will explore bedtime and meal-times, marking time with meaning on a weekly and yearly basis, doing good deeds, loving learning, spirituality and personal journeys. For more information please contact Rabbi Ari Moffic, Director of InterfaithFamily/Chicago. | |
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